Kerselare (also Kerzelare) is a hamlet and pilgrimage site in Edelare, a village belonging to the municipality of Oudenaarde in the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Kerselare is located on the Edelareberg, the highest point of Edelare
Kerselare is host to a pilgrimage chapel, which origins goes back to the 15th century.Koenraad DE WOLF, Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Gotische bouwkunst (1225-1625), 1997, pp 48-49. A Mary statue had been placed underneath a cherry tree (Kerselaar in Dutch), and several miracles had occurred. Later inns were later built to the north and east of the site.
A new chapel in Gothic Revival style was constructed in 1614. This chapel underwent renovation in 1887, but was destroyed by a fire in 1961. A new, post-modernic chapel building aroseKoenraad DE WOLF, Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Art Deco en Modernisme (1918-1965), 2000, p. 90 and pp.132-133. in 1966.
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